Posted on 02/19/2006 6:58:15 PM PST by Thunder90
"Venezuela, by sending heating oil free of charge for poor and homeless people and at very low prices for those that can pay, is giving a great example of cooperation and solidarity with the American people; and the whole world is bearing witness to it," said the outstanding scholar, historian and university professor Noam Chomsky during a presentation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The event brought together professors, researchers, politicians, scholars, journalists, and social leaders from that city.
Chomsky, who is also well-known in the field of linguistics, has lashed out the Bush administration foreign policy through his books and speeches in international events.
He explained that the majority of Americans receive little or no information at all about the achievements of the Bolivarian revolution led by President Hugo Chavez, because the mass media only highlight the negative side and remain silent about the positive.
The writer and MIT linguistics and philosophy professor –who dedicates a great part of his activities to giving lectures at universities, trade unions and organizations– announced that he will visit Caracas in late October to participate in conferences and forums on how the Latin American situation is being viewed from the US perspective. He said that in his presentations he will approach the Venezuelan situation from the angle of its achievements, accomplishments, targets and programs.
On this occasion, Chomsky took part in a panel discussion on the origins and consequences of terrorism. Also participating were British priest Geoffrey Bottoms, a defender of humans rights and activist for world peace and justice, as well as journalist and moviemaker Bernie Dwyer, who lives in Havana.
Before the panel opened, there was a screening of the documentary "Mission Against Terror," which denounces the detention of five Cubans in the United States for fighting terrorism. At the same time it investigates the terrorist activities of Orlando Bosch and Luis Posada Carriles – the masterminds of the mid-air bombing of a Cubana Airlines DC-8 off the coast of Barbados on October 6, 1973 that killed all of its 73 passengers and crew members.
Throughout the discussion, Chomsky referred to the Venezuelan political process as an example for Latin America and the rest of the world, underscoring the policies that have achieved countless successes, especially in the educational and healthcare fields. These have strengthened the Venezuelan people's dignity, he said.
"Venezuela has successfully challenged the United States, and this country does not accept challenges – much less if they are successful. That's the heart of the matter," said the writer.
On the other hand, he pointed out that according to Bush's foreign policy, the United States believes that it has the privilege of labeling any country or person as terrorist. "And by following that precept we would have to accept that our own air force might bomb Washington, as the US government is harboring Luis Posada Carriles and has turned a deaf ear at Venezuela's request for the extradition of one of the most notorious terrorist in this continent, who is about to be released," said Chomsky.
He went on to say that "Posada Carriles, a former CIA operative, escaped from a Venezuelan prison where he was being held while facing trial for the attack on the Cuban plane and other charges. He was later admitted into the US and sent to El Salvador, where, among other activities, he organized Nicaraguan Contras along with Captain Oliver North." "Now," said the US scholar, "the Cuban-born terrorist is in a jail in El Paso and the Venezuela´s request for his extradition has not been responded to. Everything seems to be in a limbo; and probably Posada will show up tomorrow in Miami, walking around freely. So there is a remarkable contradiction between what is said and done in this country with regards to terrorism."
It makes him look good giving heating oil to low income people but giving heating oil to the homeless looks foolish. Are they talking about giving heating oil to homeless shelters?
Noam Chomsky is a communist, not a socialist, not anti-war or democrat. He is a Stalinist, a liar of the first rate, and a defender of the biggest mass murderer this world has seen.
Although he lost some of his appeal in the late-1970s and 1980s by his defense of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia, he has used September 11 to restore his reputation, indeed to surpass his former influence and stature. At seventy-four years of age, he is today the doyen of the American and much of the world’s intellectual left.
Above from: The hypocrisy of Noam Chomsky by Keith Windschuttle
The rent, dear boy, the rent. Who else but MIT would pay this a&&hole a hefty six figure salary for doing no work? Do you think he actually teaches anything? No way. Tenure means saying F* you to the taxpayers and your fellow citizens, and smirking up your sleeve at the fools who send their children your way.
"Venezuela, by sending heating oil free of charge for poor and homeless people and at very low prices for those that can pay, is giving a great example of cooperation and solidarity with the American people; and the whole world is bearing witness to it,"
Meanwhile, oil workers in that nation are starving...
I think he is part of the MIM
North Korea indeed is a model state for the creation of Hell on Earth.
You'll notice Noam doesn't plan on moving there any time soon.
Noam's 77 years old. Like Jimmy Carter and Dan Rather, they ain't gettin' any younger...
How are they doing that? Do you go some place and fill up a can?
Never bothered to read his stuff (having assumed it to be overblown horse sh!t) and probably never will. But I reckon I should have a footnote in mind for him.
I won't hold my breath.
You know, seems to me that Gen-X conservatives are going to have a lot of celebrating in the next decade or two as all these fossil commies bite the dust. Imagine a time when every week brings the death of yet another America hating RAT sob. They'll be croaking so fast and deep the conservatives will be able to make a drinking game out of it.
I used to live on Cape Cod. That county, Barnstable, is represented by William Delahunt. I met him once, and for a demonrat, he seemed like a pretty good guy. But now he's thrown his lot in with Chavez and, by extension, Castro. I'd sure like to know how they're going to make sure that only low-income types in MA are going to be the only ones getting the lower-priced gas. Will there be means-testing at every pump in the Boston area? Or will those swells from Beacon Hill be able to drive their Saabs and Volvos down to Southie and fill up? As of Saturday here in Palm Beach County, CITGO had the lowest pump prices, but I'm boycotting CITGO since it's owned/operated by Venezuela.
Chomsky: formerly of Radio Moscow World Service.
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